Kirsty Brown was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula with another researcher when a leopard seal attacked without warning and dragged her underwater in a horrific and deadly assault ...

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The leopard seal is named for its black-spotted coat. The pattern is similar to that of the famous big cat, though the seal's coat is gray rather than golden in color. This seal is sometimes called ...

Kirsty Brown, 28, was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula when a leopard seal dragged her underwater and refused to let go ...

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and around the ice of one of the most unfriendly and harshest environments on ...

Melodies of land and sea To understand how leopard seal songs compare to other species, Chambers and her co-authors looked at entropy—the measurement of how predictable or random a vocal sequence is.

TORONTO — The remains of a mansion that likely held high-ranking officials some 4,500 years ago have been discovered near Egypt's Giza Pyramids. Bones from young cattle and teeth from leopards suggest ...

Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

Three spearfishermen are fortunate to be alive after a prolonged attack Sunday by a leopard seal in South Africa’s False Bay. The harrowing ordeal – the seal disarmed the divers and bit them ...